On this page, you find the full Title History for the WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship, with all Championship Info, Statistics, the Belt Design changes through the years, and the full list of Title Reigns, along with dates, events, and reign durations.
The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was contested in World Class Championship Wrestling, National Wrestling Alliance and Independent Circuit, by men wrestlers.
The championship was first established on June 1, 1943.
The WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship was retired on December 31, 1989.
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship: Title History
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship: Title Reigns
N. Image Champion Reign World Class Championship Wrestling & Deactivated
December 31, 1989WCWA merged with the Continental Wrestling Association to create the United States Wrestling Association153 Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson
April 28, 1989 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show247days152 Beauty and The Beast Terrence Garvin & The Beast
March 3, 1989 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Chris Adams and Jeff Jarrett in tournament final.56days
Vacant
December 1, 1988The Samoan Swat Team left WCWA92days151 
The Samoan Swat Team Fatu 1 & Samu 1
September 12, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show80days150 John Tatum & Jimmy Jack Funk
September 5, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show7days149 Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson
July 25, 1988 Temple, Texas | House show42days148 
Jack Victory 3 & John Tatum
April 8, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show108days147 Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson
March 20, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show19days146 Jack Victory 2 & John Tatum
February 14, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showTatum and Victory get belts back by high card draw.35daysVacant
January 29, 1988After a match against the Fantastics (Tommy Rogers and Bobby Fulton)16days145 Jack Victory 1 & John Tatum
January 5, 1988 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Skip Young when Atlas no-showed for the match24days144 
Tony Atlas 1 & Skip Young
June 29, 1987 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Ted Arcidi and Texas Red in the finals of a tournament.190daysDeactivated
January 31, 1981Championship not promoted for years143 Raul Mata & Billy White Cloud
January 12, 1981 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Killer Tim Brooks and Raul Castro.19daysNational Wrestling Alliance Vacant
December 1, 1980Stasiak was suspended42days142 
Stan Stasiak 1 Killer Tim Brooks
November 1, 1980 Texas | House show30days141 Mark Lewin & The White Knight
October 30, 1980 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Mando Guerrero and Tiger Conway Jr. in tournament final.2daysVacant
September 1, 1980championship vacated for undocumented reasons59days140 
Kerry von Erich 3 & Koko Ware 1
August 1, 1980 Houston, Texas | House showDefeated Stan Stasiak and Tim Brooks.31days139 Gino Hernandez & Pak Song
April 1, 1980 Texas | House show122days138 Kerry von Erich 2 & Tiger Conway Jr.
January 1, 1980 Texas | House show91daysVacant
December 1, 1979championship vacated for undocumented reasons31days137 The Spoiler & Mark Lewin
September 17, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show75days136 
Kerry von Erich 1 & Bruiser Brody 3
July 23, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Mark Lewin and Killer Tim Brooks.56daysVacant
July 23, 1979championship vacated for undocumented reasons0days135 
David von Erich 3 & Tiger Conway Jr.
March 18, 1979 Dallas, Texas | House show127days134 Bill White & El Gran Goliath
February 26, 1979 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show20days133 Bull Ramos & Tiger Conway Jr.
December 17, 1978 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Lewin and Killer Karl Krupp.71days132 Mark Lewin & White Knight
October 30, 1978 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Mando Guerrero and Tiger Conway Jr. in a tournament final.48daysVacant
October 1, 1978The Von Erichs won the NWA American Tag Team Championship29days131 
Kevin von Erich 2 & David von Erich 2
September 4, 1978 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show27days130 Bruiser Brody 2 Gino Hernandez
August 1, 1978 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show34days129 Kevin von Erich 1 & David von Erich 1
April 7, 1978 Houston, Texas | House show116days128 Killer Tim Brooks & Leroy Brown
March 31, 1978 Houston, Texas | House show7days127 
José Lothario 9 & Al Madril
February 1, 1978 Houston, Texas | House show58days126 
Jimmy Snuka 1 Gino Hernandez
August 31, 1977 Texas | House show154days125 
Big John Studd 1 Bull Ramos
August 19, 1977 Houston, Texas | House show12days124 Bruiser Brody 1 & Mike York
April 15, 1977 Houston, Texas | House show126days123 José Lothario 8 & Cien Caras
March 15, 1977 Texas | House show31days122 Lord Al Hayes & Big O
February 1, 1977 Texas | House show42days121 Tony Charles & Les Thornton
January 1, 1977 Texas | House show31days120 
José Lothario 7 & Rocky Johnson 1
March 3, 1976 Texas | House show304days119 
Stan Hansen 1 & Killer Tim Brooks
January 1, 1976 Texas | House show62days118 José Lothario 6 & Al Madril
August 1, 1975 Texas | House show153daysVacant
June 1, 1975championship vacated for undocumented reasons60days117 
Blackjack Lanza 1 & Blackjack Mulligan 1
April 1, 1975 Texas | House show61days116 Gran Marcus & The Baron
March 7, 1975 Houston, Texas | House show25days115 José Lothario 5 & Al Madril
March 1, 1975 Texas | House show6days114 Red Bastien & Tex McKenzie
January 1, 1974 Texas | House show424days113 
José Lothario 4 & Mil Máscaras 2
November 30, 1973 Houston, Texas | House show32days112 Black Gordman & Goliath
August 6, 1973 Texas | House show116days111 
José Lothario 3 & Ivan Putski 2
July 20, 1973 Texas | House show17days110 Black Gordman & Goliath
May 26, 1973 Texas | House show55days109 José Lothario 2 & Ivan Putski 1
May 1, 1973 Texas | House show25days108 
José Lothario 1 & Mil Máscaras 1
April 30, 1973 Texas | House show1day107 Black Gordman & Goliath
April 21, 1973 Texas | House show9days106 Chris Colt & Bobby Duncum
October 6, 1972 Houston, Texas | House show197days105 Red Bastien & Billy Red Lyons
July 14, 1972 Houston, Texas | House showDefeated the Alaskans (Franke Monte and Mike York).84days104 
Kintaro Oki 1 & Pak Song
December 17, 1970 Texas | House showDefeated Rufus R. Jones and Gorgeous George Jr.575days103 
Boris Malenko 1 Killer Karl Kox
March 16, 1970 Texas | House show276days102 
Wahoo McDaniel 1 & Antonio Pugliese
January 1, 1969 Texas | House show439days101 Paul DeMarco & Luis Hernandez
May 3, 1967 San Antonio, Texas | House showDefeated Jim Bernard and Tarzan Tyler in a tournament final for the vacant championship609days100 Nick Kozak & Dory Dixon
July 11, 1966 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Louie Tillet and Zebra Kid in 6-team tournament final.296days99 
Argentina Apollo 1 Tony Borne
January 6, 1965 San Antonio, Texas | House showWin a tag team title in tournament .551days98 Rip Hawk & Swede Hanson
May 17, 1964 Texas | House show234days97 Nick & Jerry Kozak
June 28, 1963 Texas | House show324days96 Alaskan & Tarzan Tyler
September 4, 1962 | House show297days95 Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton
May 29, 1962 Dallas, Texas | House show98days94 Ciclon Negro & Dory Dixon
May 1, 1962 Texas | House show28days93 Alberto Torres & Ramon Torres
February 8, 1962 Corpus Christi, Texas | House showDefeated Jack Dalton and Jim Dalton in tournament final.82daysVacant
January 18, 1962championship vacated for undocumented reasons21days92 Jack Dalton & Jim Dalton
January 11, 1962 Texas | House show7days91 Nick Roberts & Stan Kowalski
November 16, 1961 Amarillo, Texas | House showMay only be recognized in Amarillo.56days90 Ricky Romero & Eric Rommel
November 1, 1961 Texas | House show15days89 The Mighty Yankees Mighty Yankee 1 & Mighty Yankee 2
October 2, 1961 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show30days88 Dick Hutton & Sam Steamboat
September 18, 1961 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Duke Keomuka and Kojika Saito in 4-team tournament final.14daysVacant
July 1, 1961championship vacated for undocumented reasons79days87 Pepper Gomez & Dory Dixon
June 1, 1961 Houston, Texas | House show30days86 
Angelo Poffo 1 & Bronko Lubich
May 12, 1961 Houston, Texas | House show20days85 Pepper Gomez & Dory Dixon
February 24, 1961 Houston, Texas | House show77days84 Tony Borne & Don Manoukian
February 17, 1961 Houston, Texas | House show7days83 Pepper Gomez & Hogan Wharton
January 20, 1961 Houston, Texas | House showDefeated Sputnik Monroe and Jet Monroe.28days82 
Sputnik Monroe 2 & Rocket Monroe
January 1, 1961 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show19days81 Maurice Vachon & Duke Keomuka
December 31, 1960 Texas | House show1day80 Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco
December 25, 1960 Houston, Texas | House show6days79 Sputnik Monroe 1 Danny McShain
December 19, 1960 Texas | House show6days78 Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco
November 15, 1960 Dallas, Texas | House show34days77 Maurice Vachon & Paul Vachon
November 8, 1960 Dallas, Texas | House show7days76 Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco
September 27, 1960 Texas | House show42days75 Tony Borne & Danny McShain
July 15, 1960 Houston, Texas | House showDefeated Torbellino Blanco and El Gladiador.74daysVacant
July 15, 1960championship vacated for undocumented reasons0days74 Cyclone Anaya & Pepper Gomez
January 6, 1960 Texas | House show191days73 Cyclone Anaya & Leo Garibaldi
December 15, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House show22days72 Danny McShain & Bad Boy Hines
November 1, 1959 Texas | House show44days71 Nick Kozak & Jerry Kozak
September 2, 1959 San Antonio, Texas | House show60days70 
The Corsicans Corsica Joe 1 & Corsica Jean 1
May 26, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Angelo Martinelli and Luis Hernandez.99daysVacant
May 1, 1959championship vacated for undocumented reasons25days69 Ben & Mike Sharpe
April 14, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House show17days68 Chief Big Heart & Little Eagle
April 7, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House show7days67 Frank Valois & Andre Bollet
March 10, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House show28days66 Amazing Zuma & Johnny Walker
February 1, 1959 Texas | House show37days65 Frank Valois & Andre Bollet
January 20, 1959 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Amazing Zuma and Johnny Walker in tournament final.12daysVacant
August 22, 1958Gomez and El Medico win the World Tag Team Championship151days64 Pepper Gomez & El Medico
August 8, 1958 Houston, Texas | House show14days63 Duke Keomuka & John Tolos
June 24, 1958 Dallas, Texas | House show45days62 Pepper Gomez & Larry Chene
May 23, 1958 Houston, Texas | House show32days61 
Johnny Valentine 1 & Rip Rogers
April 22, 1958 Dallas, Texas | House show31days60 Enrique Torres & Alberto Torres
February 27, 1958 Galveston, Texas | House show54days59 Danny McShain & Casey McShain
January 7, 1958 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Jesus Cardenas and Enrique Romero in tournament final after the first match on January 7, 1958 was voided by the commissioner due to a controversial ending.51daysVacant
December 1, 1957Pepper Gomez left the promotion37days58 Pepper Gomez & Bill Melby
November 25, 1957 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show6days57 Duke Keomuka & Mr. Moto
October 14, 1957 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show42days56 Ivan the Terrible & Nikita Zolotoff
September 20, 1957 Houston, Texas | House show24days55 Pepper Gomez & El Medico
June 21, 1957 Houston, Texas | House show91days54 Duke Keomuka & Tokyo Joe
April 23, 1957 Texas | House show59days53 El Medico & Amazing Zuma
March 13, 1957 Texas | House show41days52 Ray Gunkel & The Amazing Zuma
October 22, 1956 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show142days51 Gene Kelly & Len Crosby
September 18, 1956 Dallas, Texas | House show34days50 Ray Gunkel & Herb Freeman
September 11, 1956 Dallas, Texas | House show7days49 Duke Keomuka & Tony Martin
July 27, 1956 Houston, Texas | House show46days48 
Mike DiBiase 3 & Danny Plechas
June 30, 1956 Houston, Texas | House showWin 4-team tournament.27daysVacant
June 27, 1956championship vacated for undocumented reasons3days47 Mike DiBiase 2 & Danny Plechas
June 12, 1956 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Don Evans and Duke Keomuka.15daysVacant
June 4, 1956championship vacated for undocumented reasons8days46 Mike DiBiase 1 & Danny Plechas
May 29, 1956 Texas | House showDefeated Pepper Gomez and Luther Lindsey in a controversial finish on May 22, 1956 to claim the title. Later defeated Gomez and Lindsey for an official recognition.6daysVacant
May 15, 1956championship vacated for undocumented reasons14days45 Ray Gunkel & Prince Maiava
March 23, 1956 Houston, Texas | House show53days44 Duke Keomuka & Kinji Shibuya
February 21, 1956 Dallas, Texas | House show31days43 Pepper Gomez & Luigi Macera
February 7, 1956 Dallas, Texas | House show14days42 Duke Keomuka & Tiny Mills
December 12, 1955 Ft. Worth, Texas | House show57days41 Ray Gunkel & Wilbur Snyder
October 21, 1955 Houston, Texas | House show52days40 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
October 4, 1955 Dallas, Texas | House show17days39 Rito Romero & Pepper Gomez
July 28, 1955 Galveston, Texas | House show68days38 Hard Boiled Haggerty & Stu Gibson
June 3, 1955 Houston, Texas | House show55days37 Larry Chene & Raul Zapata
May 10, 1955 Austin, Texas | House show24days36 Maurice Vachon & Pierre LaSalle
April 1, 1955 Texas | House show39days35 Rito Romero & Pepe Mendietta
November 12, 1954 Houston, Texas | House show140days34 Roy Shire & The Great Scott
October 12, 1954 Dallas, Texas | House show31days33 Rito Romero & George Drake
October 1, 1954 Texas | House show11days32 Duke Keomuka & Don Evans
August 3, 1954 Texas | House show59days31 Rito Romero & Sugi Sito
May 15, 1954 San Antonio, Texas | House show80days30 Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser
May 4, 1954 Texas | House show11days29 Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán
April 24, 1954 Houston, Texas | House show10days28 Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr
April 1, 1954 Texas | House show23days27 Ivan Kalmikoff & Karol Krauser
March 30, 1954 Dallas, Texas | House show2days26 Orville Carlson & Rito Romero
March 1, 1954 Texas | House show29days25 Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr
December 31, 1953 Austin, Texas | House showDefeated Duke Keomuka and Kinji Shibuya.60daysVacant
December 1, 1953championship vacated for undocumented reasons30days24 Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán
November 3, 1953 Texas | House show28days23 Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr
January 6, 1953 Texas | House showStill champions as of April 14, 1953.301daysVacant
December 1, 1952championship vacated for undocumented reasons36days22 Gory Guerrero & Cyclone Anaya
December 1, 1952 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showWon a one night tournament to win the vacant championship.0daysVacant
November 1, 1952championship vacated for undocumented reasons30days21 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
October 7, 1952 Dallas, Texas | House show25days20 Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán
August 15, 1952 Houston, Texas | House show53days19 Duke Keomuka & Mr. Moto
February 26, 1952 Dallas, Texas | House show171days18 Miguel Guzman & Ray Gunkel
February 1, 1952 Houston, Texas | House showWin by DQ.25days17 Duke Keomuka & Ivan Kalmikoff
January 25, 1952 Houston, Texas | House showDefeated Rito Romero and Miguel Guzmán7days16 Miguel Guzman & Rito Romero
October 16, 1951 Dallas, Texas | House show101days15 Babe & Chris Zaharias
October 9, 1951 Dallas, Texas | House show7days14 Ellis Bashara & Danny Savich
October 1, 1951 Texas | House show8days13 Al Lovelock & Sonny Myers
June 19, 1951 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Miguel Guzmán and Rito Romero.104daysVacant
June 10, 1951championship vacated for undocumented reasons9days12 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
June 1, 1951 Texas | House show9days11 Timothy Geohagen & Big Humphrey
May 4, 1951 Houston, Texas | House show28days10 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
January 30, 1951 Dallas, Texas | House show94days9 Al Lovelock & Rito Romero
January 20, 1951 Texas | House show10days8 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
January 10, 1951 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showDefeated Al Lovelock and Rito Romero to win the vacant championship10daysVacant
January 1, 1951Not defended within 30 days of winning it9days7 
Killer Kowalsk Killer Kowalski 1
December 11, 1950 Ft. Worth, Texas | House showWon a handicap match against the champions.21days6 Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich
November 30, 1950 Galveston, Texas | House show11days5 Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán
March 3, 1950 Dallas, Texas | House showDefeated Red Berry and Danny McShain and later Defeated Al Lovelock and Danny McShain for the title on March 14, 1950.272days4 Rogers & Otto Kuss
May 21, 1945 Galveston, Texas | House show1747daysIndependent Circuit 3 Hans Schnable & Marvin Jones
May 14, 1945 Galveston, Texas | House show7days2 Bobby Managoff & Otto Kuss
May 1, 1945 Texas | House showThe second recorded "Texas Tag Team Championship" may not share a lineage with the championship promoted from 1950 and forward13days1 Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi
June 1, 1943 Texas | House showThe first recorded "Texas Tag Team Championship" may not share a lineage with the championship promoted from 1950 and forward. In some places referred to as the "Southwest Tag Team Championship"700days
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship: Names & Belt Designs
- WCWA Texas Tag Team ChampionshipJune 29, 1987December 31, 1989
- NWA Texas Tag Team ChampionshipMarch 3, 1950January 31, 1981
- Texas Tag Team ChampionshipJune 1, 1943March 3, 1950
WCWA Texas Tag Team Championship: Statistics
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INDY- Promotion
World Class Wrestling Association
National Wrestling Alliance - TerritoryState
- DivisionTag Team
- GenderMale
- Date EstablishedJune 1, 1943
- Date RetiredDecember 31, 1989
Most Number of Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reigns |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duke Keomuka & Danny Savich | 6 |
| 2 | Rito Romero & Miguel Guzmán | 4 |
| 3 | Ray Gunkel & Ricki Starr | 3 |
| 4 | Steve Simpson & Shaun Simpson | 3 |
| 5 | José Lothario & Al Madril | 3 |
| 6 | Black Gordman & Goliath | 3 |
| 7 | Jack Victory & John Tatum | 3 |
| 8 | Ciclon Negro & Torbellino Blanco | 3 |
| 9 | Mike DiBiase & Danny Plechas | 3 |
Most Combined Days
| Rank | Wrestler | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Rogers & Otto Kuss | 1747 | |
| Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi | 700 | |
| Paul DeMarco & Luis Hernandez | 609 | |
| Kintaro Oki & Pak Song | 575 | |
| Argentina Apollo & Tony Borne | 551 |
Longest Reigns
| Rank | Wrestler | Reign | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers & Otto Kuss | May 21, 1945 - March 3, 1950 | 1747 | |
| Ellis Bashara & Angelo Cistoldi | June 1, 1943 - May 1, 1945 | 700 | |
| Paul DeMarco & Luis Hernandez | May 3, 1967 - January 1, 1969 | 609 | |
| Kintaro Oki & Pak Song | December 17, 1970 - July 14, 1972 | 575 | |
| Argentina Apollo & Tony Borne | January 6, 1965 - July 11, 1966 | 551 |
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